Fly-trap.



s. N. EDGAR.

FLY TRAP.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 23, 1912.

1,055,620 Patented Mar. 11, 1913.

I I g I SAMUEL N. EDGAR, OF LANDER, WYOMING.

FLY-TRAP.

I To; all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SAMUEL N. EDGAR, a

citizen of the United States, residing at Lender, in the county of Fremont and State of! Wyoming, have invented a new and usefudg'lmprovement in Fly-Traps, of which the following is a specification. {This invention relates to a fly trap. Theobject of the invention is to draw flies and other insects into a suitable screen rel ceptacle by means of suction and to 1nc1n-.

crate them therein.

";The invention consists of the novel featujres of construction "hereinafter described,

pointed out in the claims and shown in the accompanying drawings, in which:

although it will be understood that the *Figure 1 is a sideelevation of the com plete device. Fig. 2.is a vertical section through the trap. Fig. 3 is a sectionon the. line 33 of Fig. 2 looking toward the rear.

The device conslsts. of a funnel 1 which opens into a cylindrical screen trap 2. The

rear end of the cylinder 2 is disclosed by a circular head 3 also of wire-gauze, said head being detachably fitted upon the cylinder 2, the screen having a rim 4 of hard rubber,

papier-rnath, or other suitable insulatin matena-l. The funnel carries at its rear en a suitable spider 5 in which is journaled the shaft of an electric motor 6 carrying a fan 7. The motor is included'in an electric circuit 8 inwhich is arranged a switch 9, the

'res beingconnected to an ordinary wall socket 10. The Wire gauze of which thec-ylinder head 3 is formed is included in a circuit l1.also connected to a wall plug 12,

motor and the screen 3 can be connected in any way" most convenient at the point of use. i

I, have shown the device mounted upon a bracket 13but any formuof support can be employed.

To enable the device to be used after dark I Specification of Letters Patent. Appiication filed April 23, 1912. Serial No. 692,689.

through the open end.

Patented Mar. 11,1913.

in collecting flies from walls, ceilings and other placeswl; e they may have gathered a detachable brush 14 is adapted to be connected to a suitable bracket 15, carried within the funnel 1, the brush projecting slightly 'beyond the mouth of the funnel.

It will be understood that after the motor I has, through the operation of the fan, collected a large number of flies within the receptacle 2, the switch 9 is'opened and the motor cut' out. Current is then passed through the screen 3 and as the flies will collect upon said screen they will be incin erated and it will of course befurther understood that the motor will be run in the day time, and each evening the motor will be cut out and current turned through the screen 3.

The fine gauze wire ofw-hich said screen is formed will become incandescent, and all of the fliesin the receptacle will be attracted to said screen, instead of trying to escape What I'claim is:

1. In a fly trap, a funnel, a receptacle, a gauze wire screen adapted to close the rear end of the receptacle, and insulated therefrom, a suction fan in the funnel, and an electric circuit which includes the said screen.

2. A device of the kind described comprising a funnel, an electric fan therein, a

cylindrical screen carried by the rear of the funnel, and a detachable wire screen forming a head for the rear end of the cylin= dricalscreen, said head comprising a rim of r a non-conducting materialand being detach able from the cylindrical screen, and an elec tric circuit the screen of the head being in-. cluded in said circuit.

'SAMUEL N. EDGAR. Witnesses: I

C. H. MAXWELL, L. E. VVINsLOW. 

